Process for making adhesive metal letters, figures, designs, &amp;c.



WI @dei PANT flIii.

JAMES B. cannes, or DAYTON,

OHIO, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASEIGNMENTS, .'I'O THE METAL LABEL 8c vMAhTUEACITURING COMPANY, 0F SPRINQFIELD, OHIO, A CORPO- RATION or OHIO.

PROCESS FOR MAKING ADHESIVE METAL IETTERS, FIGURES, DESIGNS, &c.

To r/ZZ uglmm, it may/,concern Be it known that I, JAMES B. Grimes, a

A citizen of the United States, residing at Designs. &c.; and I Dayton, .in the county' of liIontgomery L and lState of Ohio, have invented certain Anew and useful Improvements in Processes for Making Adhesive Metal Letters, Figures, do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figuresy of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specifi cation. f This invention relates to `a process of making metallic letters, iigures, designs, etc., for attachment to various articles such as leather, cloth or any surface where it is desirable to attach a label, marker or emblem. For example, hats, in such case the name or initials of the owner is embossed thereon, also perfumery bottles with any ornamental design embossed thereon toget-her with the name of the iirm or person,

and to an almost endless variety of other uses. The material on which the letters, figures, designs, etc., are embossed consists of a thin metal ribbon or sheet and a nonmetallic ribbon or sheet of paper having a suitable adhesive substance or surface. Both of these are united` in one ribbon or sheet of material, the adhesive strip being united in the process of manufacture and,

likewise, the embossing. AIt is well known that metallic surfaces will resist the application of -glue or an adhesive substance to such an extent that it is impracticable to use a metallic ribbon alone in the manufacture of metal designs, letters, markers, etc.

In endeavor-ing to manufacture such from a vribbon sheet metal, it has heretofore been the practice to secure the paper or non-metallic surface containing the adhesive directly to the metal surface. In order to do this the metal surface has to be first treated with an application 'of acid or a sandblast to impart thereto a certain degree of porosity to prepare it for the adherence of the non-metallic ribbon or sheet. This has been found to be objectionable owing to the tendency and liability of the two -sheetsor ribbons to separate. In order to avoid this,

Speccation oi? Letters Patent `finished product to such article to which it may be. desired to unite it.

In order that my process may be clearly understood, I annex hereto illustrations showing the various stepsin the process. v

Uf these illustrations, Figure 1 is a view of the various punches and dies shown in section on the lineQ-IQ of Fig.A 2; Fig.'2 is a plan View of the sheet or strip showing the `various stages of the process of manufacture; and Fig. I3 is a plan View of the vfinished article' when stamped from the sheet constituting the metallic sheet andthe 'adhesive sheet when united.

Referring in detail to the drawings, l and 2 designate respectively rolls of sheet metal or ribbon, and paper ribbon or other similar or non-metallic material one side of which has been previously treated with a substantial surface of adhesive substance `such as glue. These two sheets 'or ribbons are passedthrough suitable guide rollers 3-3 in contact with each other as shown at 4, the metal ribbon l being above and the ad* hesive ribbon 2 below with the glued surface thereof lowermost. y

A designates a holder in which are set a suitable number of tongues ,6 therein.

Below thepunc'hes in the holder Afa female member B is located havinga number form the be understood which. is due to the curved surface 8 of the .female die -m'ember D. The ribbon 4 is at this time prepared for the final operation of permanently uniting the two ribbons` consisting 0f clampingthe tongues 6 into the glued surface and embossing. This operation is performed and F, the cooperating surfaces of which are prepa-red with the necessary design, letters or marks, to be embossed on the strip or sheet 4, and with the necessary surface to securely bend the tongues 6 against the underside of the ribbon 4. The final operation Aconsists in cutting the article from the ribbon 4 which has thus previously been prepared. This operation is done by a suitable punch and die G .and H. It will that all `of these operations take place at one and the same time after the prepared ribbon 4 has been advanced.

The adhesive side of the finished. product is shown in Fig. 3. It will be observed that the tongues G are there shown to be bent against the glued surface of the article. The .prepared ribbon, as `shown in Fig. 2, illustrates the'several steps. of the process.

I In the firstv two sections on the left hand en'd thereofthe two initial positions of the tongues are shown. In the third section, the work of embossing and clamping the tongues against the' glued surface of the ribbon 4 is shown, while in the last position, the opening is shown which is left by the punches which `form said tongues and the vfinished article by cutting'it fromrsaid ribbon. It is possible to punch the tongues 6 and deflect them sufficiently for the subs'equent clamping operation in a single operation, therefore, the entire process may consist in three distinct operations instead.

of four as described. The metal surface on sion is formed may be treated in any by the die members E.

or other impresof the well known ways to give it the desired iinish or luster. This, however, does notconstitute a feature of my process.v

Having described my invention, I [claim: l. Theherein described process of makwhich the fdesign, letters,

ing metallic markers and designs, which consists in bringing togethera metallic rib-` bon or sheet and a non-metallic ribbon or sheet, one side of the latter being coated with an adhesive, and the non-adhesive side thereof being adjacent to the metallic ribbon, in punching in the 'two ribbons thus brought in contact, a suitable number of tongues7 in clamping said tongues to unite said two ribbons or sheets and embossing the same, and in cutting out the said united and embossed portions of said ribbonl ,2. The'process of making metallic lmarkers and the like for attachment to articles to be designated thereby which consists in bringing together a .metallic ribbon or sheet and a non-metallic ribbon or sheet, the latter having one side thereof yapplied with an adhesive substance, inputting a series of uniting members-in said ribbon after being brought together, in bending inwardly aid uniting members from the position in vhich they were left when punched, in clamping said uniting members against the adhesive side of the non-metallic ribbon or sheet, and embossing the same, and in cutting from said ribbons the portion unitedy andembossed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of t'Wo witnesses. 

